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No. 889,749. Patented SeptQlB, 1888.

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UNITED STATES DEMETRIUS JANNOPOULO,

PATENT OFFICE.

OF S'I. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

AWNING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 389,749, datedSeptember 18, 1888.

Application ined .T1115 3o, 188s. serial No. 281,354. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern;

Be it known that I, DEMETRTUs JANNo- PoULo, of the city of St. Lou-is,in the State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Awnings, of which the following is a full, clear,.andexact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming part of this specication, and in which- Figure I is aperspective View of the sleeve or bushing of my anti-rattler device forawn- Fig. II is a detail side view showing part of one of the .verticalguide-rods and one of the braces of an awning, and showing the clip andbushing in vertical section.

Awnings as generally and usually constructed, as is well known,havevertical guiderods, over which fits a clip or slide that connects theinclined braces or arms of the awning to the rods and permits of avertical movement ofthe lower ends of the braces upon the rods, so thatwhen the awning is to be closed the lower ends ofthe braces may be drawnup upon the guide-rods, and when the awning is opened the lower ends ofthe braces slide downward on the guide-rods, all for reasons Wellunderstood. My invention does not relate, per se, to this feature of theawning.

When an awning has been opened or lowered into using position, theslightest wind or breeze causes the clips to move upon the guiderods,and both being metal, a continuous grating noise is produced by thismoving of the clips on the vertical rods, which is objection able andannoying to many people.

The object of my invention is to obviate this noise; and to this end myinvention consists, broadly, in placing a bushing of anti-rattlingmaterial between the clip and rod.

. Referring to the drawings, l represents one of the vertical rods of anawning, 2 one of the braces, and 3 the clip connecting the brace to therod at its lower end. The socket in the clip is made sufciently largetoadmit abushing, 4, this bushing preferably being made in the form of asleeve, as shown'in Fig. I, with collars or flanges 5 at its respectiveeuds,which t against the respective ends of the clip, as shown in Fig.-Il. The bushing is preferably made of rubber, and, being elastic, can befolded longitudinally and inserted into the socket or" the clip, withthe collars 5 projecting at the respective ends, and then by allowing itto open out it ts snugly within the clip, as shown in Fig. II.

WhileI have mentioned rubber as the mateA rial from which the bushingmay be made, I do not conine myself to this material,as there are manyother materials which might answer the purpose.

I claim as my invention-d 1. In an awning,the combination of aguiderod,a brace, a clip for securing the brace to the guide-rod, and a bushingof noiseless Inaterial placed between the clip and guide-rod,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.'

2. In an awning, the combination of the guide-rod, brace, clip securingthe brace to the guide-rod, and a bushing of noiseless material havingend flanges or collars and inserted between the clip andtheguide-rod,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

i DEMETRIUS JANNOPOULO.

In presence of-v J os. WAHLE, EDW. S. KNIGHT.

